Opera in two acts for young people to play and sing
Music Text Libretto by the composer from a short story by George Mackay Brown (E,F,G,I,S)
Scoring5 singing roles and chorus (all to be performed by children)
2.1.2.1-1.2.1.0-timp.perc(6):2glsp/marimba/xyl/4tpl.bl/2wdbl/
2brandy glasses/SD/BD/tam-t/4susp.cym/cyms/choke cym/tamb/flex/
referee's whistle/swannee whistle/football rattle/guiro/nightingale/
beaters and scrapers including a pair of knitting needles/vln bows/
plastic soapdish/brushes-pft(=metronome,plectrum)-2vln(to be playedby
the singers of the Two Fiddlers if possible).string quintet or sm
all string orchestra-bagpipes(optional) (all instruments to be played by children)
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World Premiere6/16/1978
Orkney Arts Theatre, Kirkwall, Orkney
Kirkwall Grammar School / Norman Mitchell
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